Foreign superstars headline Hennessy Artistry Concert, Vietnamese remake of ‘Miss Granny’ to show Dec 11, Taste of the World 2015 attendees doubled, Hoi An launches second walking street, Nguyen Du memorial site to become national culture site

  Poor students to have university fees waived, Fire destroys HCM City warehouse, HCM City adjusts reservoir to deal with drought, Ha Noi Run for Children raises funds, Viet Nam needs to improve mental healthcare resources

VietNamNet Bridge - Seaports in Vietnam have not been exploited in a reasonable way: some of them are overloaded, while many others have been unused.

 The slowing world economy looks set to get a boost from stronger consumer demand next year, as low inflation boosts the real value of workers' pay rises to a three-year high,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four young writers have been nominated for best male and female writers of the year in the online Tiki Book Awards 2015, an annual event launched by one of the country's leading online bookstores, Tiki.vn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony will be performed at a concert at the HCM City Opera House tomorrow by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra and three guest artists from the Goyang Philharmonic Orchestra of South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Duc Chung will return to manage the national women's football team after the Viet Nam Football Federation decided not to extend their contract with Japanese coach Norimatsu Takashi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businessman Le Van Thanh was voted chairman of the Vietnam Federation of Volleyball at a congress organised in Ha Noi over the weekend.

Vietsovpetro, a joint Vietnamese-Russian enterprise for oil and gas exploration, put into operation on December 7 the ThTC-02 oil rig in the Tho Trang (White Rabbit) oil field offshore the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

 The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s assistance to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) has cemented agreements between the two countries, KOICA Vietnam Country Director Chang Jae-yun said.

 A defence ministry delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK) shared peacekeeping experience during talks with experts and officers from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre in Hanoi on December 7.

VietNamNet Bridge – The resort city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam has a special beauty in the early morning. Here are some photos from VNexpress.

 Local police discovered the dead bodies of a Korean man, his Vietnamese ex-wife and their six-year-old daughter in Sindonim, Guro district, southwest of Seoul, the Republic of Korea early December 7.

 Two earthquakes struck central Thua Thien-Hue province’s A Luoi district and Huong Tra town on December 6 and 7.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army is attending a dialogue of defense chiefs of SASEAN in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 7-8.

Debt is not only a headache for the Government but also provinces and cities. A number of localities are found to owe huge sums and they have even run out of cash though the year 2015 is not yet out.

 Saigon Railway Station sold over 7.21 million shares to 20 investors at its initial public offering (IPO) on December 7, equal to 14.33 per cent of its charter capital.

  The Ministry of Finance has rejected a series of financial incentives requested by Vietnam-based foreign automobile producers, as the proposal clashes with the country’s World Trade Organization commitments.

On December 7, Vietnamese contestant Pham Huong gave her rendition of – Hello Vietnam – at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas.

 The environment police have arrested a man in HCM City for allegedly trading endangered animals online.